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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
ONE of the amenities Of debate in the

IT. .
ONE of the amenities Of debate in the
British House Of Commons, for which
that body has lately become notorious,
occurred in passage at arms be-
tween Mr.. Goschen, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Sir William Vernon
Harcourt. The latter, addressing the
former in speech teeming with bitter
personalities, said: "Ycu have gone
from this bench deserter. We shall
tako care that you do not return to it a
spy"
ScoTsMEN in New Year show bit of
purple at the coat lapel. This is the
thistle blossom that has been showing
itself in the fields and by the wayside
for several days. just now the Fair
mont Park specimen shows little ball
of green with parcel of pickles, and
at the top of the ball little tuft of
purple. Tear open the ball and you
have head Of thistle cotton. A month
hence this cotton will show white, and
will be blown wherever the winds shall
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

Immediately brushed it of with her
other hand, and, strange to relate, did
not faint nor scream, but ran into the
house, and, finding the ammonia bottle
empty, took big knife and stuck the
blade into the fire in the stove until it
got hot, when she applied it to the
wound. Next she took some soda and
applied that, fastening it by wrapping
cloth around her neck. BY this time
her neck began to swell, and she says
she felt Us though the top of her head
was about to secede, and closed her
teeth tightly to make sure that her
head was not gone. In short time
she felt greatly relieved, aud then in
formed her daughter. She did not
even call for a doctor, but she hos pro-
cured another supply of ammonia.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

THERE is a strong feeling against the
Protestants in the City of Mexico. The
Catholic bishop of TINT place has for
hidden his people, under pain of ex-
communication, to sell any of the nec-
essary articles or tools for their build
ings or other establishments to Prot
estants or persons Of any other sect; to
give them personal help, such as that
given by masons, blacksmitha, carpen-
ters, ETC.; to advise them or favor any
of their undertakings. It is equally
forbidden to send boys or girls to their
schools; to receive the pamphlets or
books which they distribute; to treat
with them on religion, even though it
be to combat them, without the express
permission of the bishop; to attend
their ceremonies of worship, and visit
their establishments, though it be
merely from curiosity.
The Baltimore american tells the
following remarkable story, which
comes from one of the seaside resorts:
It is reported that a young lady of ex-
cellent family has developed species
of insanity of novel character. She
has given lately great deal of her
time and attention to amateur photog-
raphy, and had become possessed with
the insane idea that she could produce
the effect Of photography on everything.
The other morning she put handsome
dress in front of the camera, and placed
herself in para 'aatatralibis behind il.
She then started out, leaving her room
to take walk, fully possessed with the
idea that she had photographed the
dress on her own charming person.
Unfortunately, however. the first per.
son in the hall she met was one of the
bell-boys, who was SO thoroughly
frightened that he gave scream and
darted down the stairs. Assistance was
called, when the young lady was taken
back to her room and dressed, but the
photograph apparatus was thrown out
of the back window of the hotel.
The Albtlqaterque On. Nj Citizen
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05
CURRENT REMARKS.

"My friend my friend !"exclaimed
a minister to young man who was
indulging in profanity, ''you should
not let your choler rise" "It isn't
my collar" retorted the reprobate
It's my necktie."
"Would you marry an old man
for his money!" asked Mildred.
swell, l declare" exclaimed Laura,
with a startled air, "you don't sup
pose anything else would induce
me to marry him."
1t is supposed by some that the
recent Jail marriage sensation was
put-up job by the anarchists and
their friends to get up popular
sympathy for Spies and his fellow
prisoners. But the little game
didn't work.
A YOUNG man of Montreal is
moon blind and cannot see at all
in the evening. He contracted the
blindness a few years ago by Sleep
ing on the deck of ship in the
full glare of a tropical moon. Such
cases, while very rare, are not un-
known.
THERE were few of the women OF
Connecticut in-the last century who
did not keep some sort of a diary.
An entry in one of these diaries
shows what events were recorded,
and also how witty some of the
girls of the period we're: "1790.
We had roast pork for dinner, and
DR.. s.. who carved, held up q
rib on his fork, and said: Here,
ladies, is what mother Eve was
made Of YEA said sister Patty,
and it's from very much the same
kind of critt6r,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05
ANIMAL AND BIRD LORE.

The natural history of savage
races corresponds exactly with this
natural history of European folk
lore. The Zula will tell you that
the reason the hyrax has no tail
wherewith to drive away the flies
is that on the day when tails were
distributed the hyrax, fearing it
was going to rain, begged the other
animals to bring him his tail to
save himself the trouble of going.
SO that the proverb to this day ad-
dressed to a Zulu who from lazi-
ness asks another to do or fetch
something for him is: "The hy-
rax went without tail because he
sent for it." The Bushman will
tell you that the jackars back is
black because he once found that
great luminary, then a mortal on
earth, sitting weary by the waysidc.
And the Aht will tell you, in ex~
planation of the melancholy note
of the loon, of a fisherman robbed
by a companion of his fish and at
the same time Of his tongue, una
BILE to respond to questions about
his sport, save by a noise like the
looms, whose plaintive cry is still
the voice of that hapless fisherman,
trying in vain to make himself un-
derstood. And just so the Greek
would have told you that the night
ingale was in reality Philomela,
the unhappy sister of Procne, be-
wailing in the form of bird the
wrong done to her by Tcreus, her
brother-in-law, who, in order to
prevent her from informing her
sister deprived her of her tongue,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

He was having his fortune told.
81 see," said the medium, con-
tracing her eyebrows and turning
her toes in, II see the name of
John"
EYES," said the sitter indicating
that he had heard the name before.
THAT name seems to have given
you a great deal of trouble?
at has"
"This John is an intimate friend" F"
"That's so," he said, wonderingly.
"And often leads you to do things
you are sorry for"
"True, every word"
ellis influence over you is bad" "
Right again.
"But you will soon have seri-
Gus quarrel, when you will become
estranged."
"I'm glad of that. Now spell out
his whole name."
THE "mee)um" opened one eye
and studied the face of the sitter.
Then she wrote some cabalistic
words and handed it to him in ex-
change for the fee.
"Do not read it until you are at
home" she said solemnly. 1t Is
YOUR friends whole name"
When he reached home he lit the
gas and gravely examined the paper
There he read in picket-fence char
acters the name of his friend"
"Dcmi John ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

When Mr. William Atkinson, the
farmer philosopher of Somerset
county, was about to start on his
mission to Quebec, in the interest
of the Wiscasset and Kennebec
Railroad scheme he said to Gov.
Bodwell:
"Mr. Bodwell, had better put on
a tall hat and stick up, or go just as
] am, in this woolen shirt and paper
collar?"
go just as you are," replied Mr..
Bodwell. 1T isn't the clothes We
want to send, but the man under
EN-"
SO Mr.. Atkinson wore his every
day clothes to Quebec. And at Au-
gusta, Tuesday, in his flannel shirt
and paper collar. and slouch hat,
this wonderful man, with head
more crammed with miscellaneous
facts an odd conceits than any other
head i'm Maine, entertained me great
ly with an account of his stay in
quaint old Quebec. He told me
how he dined with the titled aristoc-
racy of the city and handed their
fine ladies out to dinner, in his
flannel shirt and paper collar-how
he discussed poetry and scenes in
foreign lands with the literati, and
astonished the doctors Of divinity
with what he had picked up about
theology.
Mr.. Atkinson is a man with All
iron memory. He can quote pas
sages from the poets, tell you the
date of any historical event, or de-
monstrate a problem of Euclid with
equal facility. He acquired it all by
sitting on the dye-pot by fre-irons
of his mothers kitchen, and by
burning the oil of night in his own
farm library. The mental posses
sions of the Maine farmer in his
flannel shirt and paper collar, must
have taken by surprise the learning
of university-filled Quebec.
But the best part OF Mr.. Atkln-
sons narrative was his dramatic
story of his visit to the citadel.
AN officer" said he detailed
man to show me around, and he
took me everywhere. Noticing
small black cannon, half hidden by
the snow, as / was about to 60, l
said, in fun, / guess I'll take it
away with me-
"' Go look at the inscription on
the breech, said the soldier, laugh
ing.
81 looked and read:
"'Taken at the battle of Bunker
Hill, June, II, 1775.'
IL saw the soldier had me. 1t
stirred my blood, and l wanted to
make a fit reply. l read the III.
scription over again to gain time.
Tears came into my eyes.
"'Young man l said to him,
you've got the cannon, but we've
got Bunker Hill.'"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

At the production of "Leah, the
Forsaken," i'm an interior Ohio
town recently a performance not
down on the bills occurred. The
heroine, suffering untold agonies
by reason of her hunger, makes her
appearance in one Of the last acts,
and as morsel of food is being
proffered her, her prosecutors in
terfere and stay the hands of her
newly found sympathizer. The
gallery contained a matronly old
lady from the lowlands, who was
at theater for the first time in her
life. She had repeatedly handker-
chiefed her spectacled eyes at the
unhappy fate of Leah. 1t was with
the utmost difficulty that the usher
restrained the old lady from dis
turbing the peace of the perfor-
nance. 1t was not long before all
the pent-up wrath, anger, pity and
disapprobation of the old lady as
serted themselves. Reaching far
out over the railing of the balcony,
her whole frame quivering with
mingled Indignation and sympathy,
she screamed at the top of her
voice:
"See here, you! Let that gal
eat Here's bun !"
And, reaching down into the ca
pacious folds of her homespun
dress she brought up biscuit, and,
suiting the action to the word,
threw it with astounding accuracy
to the feet of the unhappy Leah. F"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

The military force of Great Brit
ain, in time of peace, consists of
22,O63 men. OF this number there
are stationed in Great Britain and
Ireland 116,S43 men. In Ireland
alone there are over 10000 troops.
There are $4,000 troops in India,
26OOO i'm the colonies and about
5000 in Egypt. This does not in
clude the militia in Great Britain,
or the native army in Canada, India
or the other colonies. Ifpushed to
it, England could put 100000 Eu-
ropean troops in the field. The
naval forces of the British Empire
consist of 4S,2SO sailors, 12,707
marine troops and "royal navy
reserve of 22,SO3 men, making a
total of $3.50 as an effective po-
lice force. The number of ships in
the royal navy is 476, including GA
armored cruisers, 279 steam vessels
and III sailing vessels. OF this
number only 256 are in activity,
having an armament of 1455 can
non.
The peace footing Of Russia is
S9O,264. The war effective is esti
mated at ,O60,579 men and 1876
cannon. The navy numbers 391
vessels and $4,000 men. Austria's
peace footing. is about 2S5,OO0
men; her war strength is about
1,O6S,0 900 men. She has 9S ships
manned by 1880 men. Italy's
standing army of all sorts is S92 2,6S7.
Her navy numbers 179 vessels and
$1,000 men, and includes 80 pow
erful iron-clads. Spain has a peace
force of about 10000 men, but in
time of war this can be swelled to
about 100000 men. The navy
consists of 135 vessels and 1900
men. Turkeys war effective is
estimated at about 475.O00 men,
and her fleet consists of 10 iron
clads, 46 wooden vessels and three
torpedo boats with 10000 men.
These are the latest figures for
the armies of Europe, with the ex-
ception of those of France and
Germany, which we have already
published. 1t is perfectly clear
that even against Italy the naval
coast defenses of the United States
would be absolutely powerless tc
avert terrible destruction of prop.
erty in our laading seaports.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

Washington Letter To \. \. World.
Recently there was given in this
correspondence an account of a
large sum of money received by
ex-senator William Pitt Kellogg
from Nebraska land for which he
had originally traded a pair of
horses. The price named in that
paragraph was probably the larg-
est ever received from the sale of
any one pair of horses however
valuable. But it appears that |
had even understated the value Of
the property tranferred for the
horses. Mr.. Kellogg gave me last
night the connected and true story
of the affair. In 1868 Mr.. Kellogg
was in the active service of the
army. But he still held on to his
position as supreme court justice of
Nebraska. He went home in that
year to hold court for a short time,
and after closing the term went
back to the front, where he remained
until the close of the war. On his
way to Nebraska he stopped in
Illinois at a place where he had a
pair of horses. He was sick, and
he thought he would take his team
and drive to Nebraska, thinking
that this method of travelling would
do him good. He arrived in Oma-
ha with the team, and while he was
holding court there Ben" Chap
man, an old bachelor of the town,
was constantly borrowing his team
to take some of his lady friends out
to ride. Mr.. Kellogg did not know
what to do with the team after he
had finished his court work and
had made arrangements to board
them. But Chapman came to him
one day and offered to trade him
some land for the team. They
drove out to the land through a
rough country and over marshy
piece of ground, until they reached
the sixty-acre tract owned by Chap
man. They made the trade while
they were there. Mr.. KELLOGG took
then ten acres of the tract at sou
an acre. the team, harness, wagon
and blankets and whip being
counted at $500. In few months
after he purchased the other six
acres at 500 an acre. This was in
1862. He has held on to a part OF
that land with great persistence
since that time, parting only, as
under pressure from his agent at
Omaha, with occasional sales OF
small portions. His holding last
years was reduced to a little over
three acres. He sold seven-eighths
of am acre out of this tract tor
$4,000. He took that $4,000 and
invested it in piece of property in
the northwest of Washington
known as Widows Mite property
He paid $4,000 more making $4O,-
900 as the purchased price. He
was offered few day ago 100000
i'm cash for this Washington pur,
chase. He can sell out the balance
of his real estate tract in Omaha
at any time for 100000. So the
team stands him to-day a clean
profit of over $500, 600.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

An exchange gives the following
treatment for a felon, which in the
case described was eminently sue
cessful: A handful each of tansy,
hops, catnip and wormwood was
thrown in an old basin, small
quantity of tobacco and half-tea-
cupful Of soft soap added, and suffi-
cient water to cover. When boiling
hot the hand was placed over the
steam and small blanket was
thrown over the basin to retain the
steam that was applied until the
mixture cooled. This was repeated
day and night until the pain was
entirely removed, which was in
forty-cight hours. Tie relief from
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

The KEYsrovE has long been aeluscw%
edged to be the sole representative Of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions. and located as 1t is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav-
ing nothing undone To present its readers
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments. as well as matters of local
importance in the growth of ketchum. the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invalua-
bic guide for capital and informant to the
settler Of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it. and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

the paroxysms of pain is almost
magical as soon as the steam is APP
piled. The mixture was only once
renewed. No anodyne was used to
procure sleep, as the steaming in
stantly relieved the successive
paroxysms of pain. = Toronto
GlOho
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

A LADY was once lamenting the
ill-luck which attended her affairs,
when friend, wishing to console
her, babe her "look upon the bright
side" "Oh," she sighed, there
seems to be no bright side." "Then
polish up the dark one," was the
reply. This was sound advice.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

We regret to hear this, which We
clip from an exchange, if it is true:
A private letter from Bill Nye to a
Chicago friend contains the unwel-
come information the popular hu-
morist's health, so far from being
improved seems to be becoming
poorer and poorer. In fact, Mr..
Nye writes that he has been COM
PEELED to abandon literary work al
together, and he fears that, if
change for the better doesn't set in
pretty soon, he will have to sur
render himself wholly to the doc
tors care. He is still at Asheville,
N. c., and he intends to remain
there for the winter. 1t is appar.
ent that he is very much discour-
aged about himself
The Pittsburg Gazette winds up
an obituary notice with the cen,
tence "The deceased was q shrswd
politician and = hi4hreoned Cheik
tian gcntlsman:" Thu = unilDa
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

None of her relatives gave away
Nina Henry TO August Van Spies
at the wedding. She did it herself.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

The proof-reader is quite at home
in the House of Correction.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

Congress has passed a bill con-
cerning the trade dollar which pro-
vides that for the next six months
all such coins shall be received at
the office of the treasurer or any
assistant treasurer of the United
States in exchange for like
amount of standard silver dollars
or subsidiary coins of the United
States. Trade dollars so received
are not to be again paid out or in
any manner issued but are to be
recoined into silver dollars. The
bill also provides that such trade
dollars shall not be counted as part
of the silver bullion required to be
purchased and coined into stand
ard dollars.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

Eldah, ez chairman Oh de COM
mittee it il my unpleasant duty to
info'm yo' dat we hain't been able
to raise yo' sallery dis yeah, an"
Brudder Pillsbury, Use mighty
glad yo' 'preciate me, but | doan
want my sal!cry raised, brudder.
Jes pay me de sallery we greed on
an, I'se satisfied"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05

Landlord-"That porch is rot
ten, and ought to come down.
Tenant" Yes" Landlord" So
ought that shed roof. It's very
little better" Tenant-"Yes and
there's something else ought to
come down." Landlord" All, in
deed! What's that?" Tenant
1.-The rent, sir"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05
A CHIEFS DWELLING.


The largest cliff house Is worthy
of a better description than l can
give, but will try to describe It IN
my own way. 1t is situate IN Bear
canyon $50 named by prospectors D
about three mikes from the Mancos
canyon, on the west side. From
the bottom of the canyon 1t requires
about one and one-half miles walk
from point Immediately below to
reach it. In climbing the cliffs on
the route l took / found footsteps
cut in the rock, and think the reo-
pie who lived here must have gone
up in the same way that l did.
When ! arrived saw perpendic-
ular cliff about forty feet high,
which climbed by the aid OF a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-08
EDIFYING SPECTACL
Chicago News.
Gov. RodweII,s Address


lfOftlanu Argus
1t is model State paper.
New Age (Dem.)
We give the Governors address this week
in full, but have no space for comment. 1t
is n we'll written document able and proms-
ing. His opening shot is bulls eye that
brings down 0ne-quarter of the State taxes !!
On the whole we like the address. 1t looks
well in our new type.
Boston Journal
The address of Governor Bodwell of Maine
to the Legislature is the expression of prac-
teal business man upon practical questions
and if the Legislature will but follow his
advice 1t will put upon its statute books
some progressive legislation. He believes in
the abolition of Imprisonment for debt and
ofithe trustee process so far as it relates to
wages. But the most grateful recommended
ton which he makes is for the reduction of
the State tax more than % per cent Of the
amount levied at the present time The
closing of the sinking fund and the issue of
q 3 per cent. bond for the balance of the
State debt are evidences that the financial
affairs of Maine have been managed with
wisdom.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-08

In all probability the Dominion Parlia
ment will be prorogued very soon and new
elections held next month. The provincial
elections already held would seem to make il
practically certain that Sir John Macdon.
AIDS ministry will be overthrown and Sir Ed
ward Blake and the Liberals put in charge
of the government. Sir John, however, has
no idea Of surrendering without fight. Sir
Charles Upper, the ablest of his lieu
tenants, who is now in England, has been
sent for to come over and help avert the de-
feat Of the Conservatives, and the bad effect
of the deficit which the Canadian treasury
showed at the close Of the last financial year
is being Offset by a statement put out by the
government that for the last six months the
treasury has received 81, 60o, 600 more than it
has paid out. The Liberals claim, however.
that 1t has been possible to make this show
ing only by postponing the payment of bills
long since due
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-08

Gov. Albeit Of New Jersey, who is can
didate for United States Senator, seems to
be using his official power--or to put it more
correctly. to be neglecting to use the power
which he is under obligation to use-to
compass his own election. One assembly
district has been pronounced tie by the Su-
preme Court, and the Governor should order
new election. But he neglects to do SO. be-
cause the new election might result in the
return Of Republican. In another district
the first count showed the election of a Re-
publican, but after time recount was de-
manded, and in every ballot-box except two,
the original tally was verified, but in these,
changes were made to reverse the vote and
give the Democrat 16 majority. All the
changed ballots in one OF them were written
by the same hand. The inspectors of cleo
ton, eight in all, and five of them Demo-
Gratis, swear that the original count was cor
rect. More than this, the Republican was
credited in these precincts at first with 1856
votes, and 1886 citizens have made affidavit
that they each voted for the Republican,
while the revised" count gives him less
than 300. The evidence Of stealing appears
to be very conclusive, but Gov. Albeit
shows no hesitation to take advantage Of the
theft to accomplish HIS own election.